Mandy Patinkin Quotes

Everyone’s entitled to their own experience.

People who go into the arts are often hurt people. Many are manic-depressive. Some have tried suicide and some have succeeded. It’s just part of the game. We are people who are oversensitive. That’s why we’re in this business, because of our need to communicate.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn’t sing a single note of music.

When I was your age, I used to treat the crust like it was just there to hold the good stuff in. I used to leave the whole back end of it on the plate. As I got older, I learned to appreciate the crust.

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game – your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger.

When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.

I’m an obsessive person. I like intensity.

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I’m lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that’s if I’m lucky, I don’t always get to have that privilege but I try always.

People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it’s on a TV show or in the real world.

I think it’s fair to say I’m attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

I have no idea what’s coming next or where it will come from; I enjoy the surprise of it all.